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Unread 04-28-2014, 01:56 PM   #19
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In the "good ole days" when I did such work, and was out of the THIN silver solder, I would take some nice round solder from the reel and pound it flat on the anvil ... with a clean surface you can wrap the flat solder around the area to be tinned and then heat it until it 'runs'...
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